Wheeled scoop



Feb. 14, 1933.

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SWA/toa l cwwg E117 l a@ @y M? 3% Patented Feb. 14, 1933 J' ULIUS E. PATTERSON, OFBUCYRUS, OHIO, ASSGNOR T0 DUNN-PATTERSON COMANY, OF KILAMATH FALLS, OREGON, A CORPORATION OF OREGON WHEELED SCOOP Reille for abandoned application Serial No. 341,749, led February 21, 1929.

September 4, 1936.

v:torce or energy for manipulating the scoop.

rhe invention `particularly provides a controlling means for the interconnecting mechamsm whereby the scoop member may be manipulated by the resistance counter tov rotation of the wheels as the vehicle is drawn over the ground. rflic parts of the intercon necting mechanism and the controlling means are so located that they will not interfere with the load either in gathering, carrying, or Furthermore, the controlling means is of suoli a character that the manipulation and control of a plurality ci wheeled scoops may be performed simultaneously by a single operator as,for example, an operator ot a. tractor. Thus a plurality oiY wheeled scoops containing my invention may be connected together and drawn by a tractor and operated by the driver so as to gather, convey, and load large quantities of material.

rEhe invention also provides a reduction of the number of parts heretofore used in controlled wheeled scoops and a simpliiication ot suc parts whereby I have provided an exceedingly durable and eiiicient wheeled scoop. Thus, by my invention, there are very few exposed parts of the controlling means and the lubrication is greatly simpliiied with the result that the scoop is exceedingly durable and eiiicient and requires very little attention and practically no replacement of partsin its lip-keep. The invention provides other Jfeatures and advantages which will appear upon examination of the drawings and from the description hereinafter.

The invention may be contained in scoops that vary in their details ot construction and, to illustrate a practical application of my i-nvention, l have selected a scoop containing the invention as an example of such structures and Vshall describe it hereinafter. The 'iliarticular structure selected is shown in the acconipanving` drawings.

Fig. i ci the drawings is a perspective view let the wheeled scoop, and illustrates the This application -led Serial No. 479,731.

scoo 2 i i s a g. 8 is a view of a longitudinal section of F. the wheeled scoop when the scoop member is located in position tor gathering dirt at a level below that of the wheels; Fig. 4 illus-` trates a side view ot the'scoop when `the scoop member is in dumping position; Fig. 5 is a detailed view showing a vpart of the mechanism tor maintaining the scoop member in the dumping position; Fig. 6 is a view of a sec-tion taken on the plane ofthe line 6.-?6 indicated in Fig. 2; Fig. .7 is a view of a section taken on the plane of the line '7e-7 indicated l'in Fig. 6.

the wheeled scoop shown in the drawings, the parts on which the wheels 2 rotate. The frame 3 of the scoop is suspended rom :the shaft l by the brackets 4 in which the shaft iS liOtatr ot the shaft are provided with roller beanV ings 6, while the outer ends of the hubs 7 oi the wheels are capped by means of the caps 8 whereby the interiorl ot the hubs may be filled with a lubricant. i

The forward upper corners off the scoop member 5 lare pivotally connected t0 bell crank levers16 that are keyed to the shaft and, consequently, the bell crank levers 1 6 are rotated upon the rotation ot the shaft 1 in the brackets 4:. The movement of the bell crank levers 16 is yieldingly resisted by springs 17 that are .connected .to .the rear end Lof the scoop member 5.

lVhen the bottom Vot the scoop is held substantially horizontal and the shaft is notated by its connection with the wheels, the scoop member 5 is lowered and the springs 17 are subjected to a tensionthat yieldingly resists the rotation of the shaft. When the shaft 1 is released from its connection with the wheels, the tension of the springs 17 operate on the bell crank levers 16 to raise the scoop. In order that the bell crank levers 1.6 may raise the forward end of the scoop .to a point are supported by the shaft 1 member in load carrying position; Fig. top view of the scoop shown in Fig. l;

so that the upper edges of the sides of the scoop 5 will be located well above the axis of the wheels 2, the side edges of the scoop 5 are recessed as at 18 to receive the shaft and permit the extended upward movement of the scoop relative to the shaft. Also, the bottom edge portion of the recess affords a limiting stop to the upward movement which is produced by the springs 17.

The scoop member 5 is provided with a pair of goose-neck arms 19 that are rigidly connected to the front and the rear of the scoop member. The forward ends of the arms are connected to the side forward portions of the scoop member, while the rear ends of the arms are connected by means of the brackets 2O to an angle iron 21 that extends across and is secured to the rear end of the scoop member. The arms are located in the planes of the sides of the scoop member so as to leave the spaces above the scoop member open and free from any obstruction when filling or loading or unloading the scoop. Inasmuch as the arms 19 are connected to the forward and rear ends of the scoop 5 and the rear ends of the spring 17 are connected to the scoop 5 through the same construction an exceedingly rigid scoop structure is afforded.

The scoop member 5 is held in its material gathering position by the maintenance of the position on the shaft 1 relative to the frame 3 against the tension of the springs 17. The shaft 1 is maintained in its position by a slip frictional connection with the wheels 2, as the wheels 2 rotate along the surfaces of the ground. This is accomplished by friction clutches. When, therefore, the scoop member 5 has been lilled with the desired amount of dirt, or other material, the clutch connection between the shaft 1 and the wheels 2 is released and the springs 17 operate to raise the scoop member to a load carrying position. When it is desired to dump the scoop 5, the bottom of the scoop member is released from its horizontal relation, and the shaft is again connected to the wheels 2 by means of the friction clutches. Upon release of the shaft 1 from the wheels 2, the scoop 5 will drop by its own weight to its load carrying position. The shaft 1 is formed substantially semi-circular in its central portion so that as the shaftis rotated to cause the operation of the scoop member, the arcuate portion of the shaft rotates about the aXis of the shaft in such direction that in either loading or dumping positions of the scoop, the central port-ion of the shaft will allow for free movement of the material.

Then the scoop is gathering material, the bottom of the scoop is held in its horizontal position and the lower edge of the scoop is directly drawn by means of a pair of adjustable links 23. rlhe links are adjusted by means of the turnbuckles 24. The tension members or links 23 are connected to a head 25 which is slidably supported on a pair of guide rods 26 and to the scoop by the brackets 30. The guide rods 26 are connected to a clevis plate 27 and to the frame 3. The head 25 is provided with two engaging surfaces 31 and 32 located at the front and the rear of the head and a double latch arm 29 is pivotally supported on the frame 3, preferably, on the clevis plate 27, for engaging the head 25 at two points along the latch arm. The head 25 is engaged by the latch arm 29 when the scoop member 5 is located in dirt gathering position, as shown in Fig. 3, and when the head is at the clevis plate and again in the scoop dumping position, as shown in Fig. 5, when the head is at the rear ends of the guide rods 26 where they are connected to the frame 3. Thus, when the scoop member 5 is located in dirt gathering position and in load carrying position, the head 25 is secured by the latch 29 at the forward ends of the rods 26 which holds the bottom of the scoop substantially horizontal, but when the head 25 is released, raising the latch 29 from this position, it may slide along the rods 26 until it is brought to a stop by contact with the frame 3 at the ends of the rods as the scoop is turned to dump the load. yl`he scoop may be held in its scoop dumping position by means of the latch 29 Since the links 23 operate to hold the lower edge of the scoop 5 in substantially a horizontal plane and the bottom of the scoop 5 in substantially a vertical plane.

.Vhen, therefore, it is again desired to load the scoop, the latch arm 29 is raised, which permits the scoop to drop to its load carrying position by its own weight. The clutch connection between the shaft 1 and the wheels 2 is then established whereby the bell crank levers 16 will be operated so as to force the forward end of the scoop 5 to the ground where it will be held by the operation of the clutch parts against the tension of the springs 17. When the scoop member 5 has been filled, the clutch parts may again be released and upon release of the clutches, the springs 17 will again operate to raise the Scoop to its load carrying position.

The clutch connection between the shaft 1 and the wheels 2, and also the latch member 29, is controlled by means of the lever 35. The lever 35 is connected to the arm 36 which is keyed to the shaft 37. The shaft 37 has the arms 38 which are connected to the clutch members 39. The clutch members 39 are provided with arms 40 to which the arms 38 are connected by means of the links 41. The wheels are also provided with clutch members 42 which coact with the clutch members 39. The clutch connection between the clutch members is established by means of the cams 43 that operate to expand friction bands 44 connected to the arms 40 by means of the shafts or pins 45, while the clutch members 39 are Avkeyedfto lthe shaft 11,. and thusthe clutch members 39, together withv 'thev arms 40, rotate with the sha-ft 1 upon lengngeme'nt of the clutch and, consequently, the arms 36j and 38 must also `be moved torwa'rd by the operation oi the lever v35'to maintain-the clutch-in its engaging relations;

with .the sha-ft 1. Since the shaft 1 operates the scoop 5,the lever 35 is moved in accordance'l withthe downward movement of the scoop 5 to load and also, inv its rotative movements, `to unload. p

r lt will .be noted from Fig'. 7 that the clutches areV of the self-energizing type, that is tofsay, as soon as sufficient torce is exerted on the rod ll1i to move the clutch band into engagement with the drum,` the rotation ot' the drumYA tends to .assist the force ofi `the rod 41 `inmaintaining engagement of the clutch as the wheels .move in-,a clockwise direction.

Vhen, however, the wheels rotate counter# clockwise, the forcerequired to energize the clutches is many times that required when the wheels rotate clockwise.

'Bhe latch arm- 29 is preferably connected to the lever by mean-s of av suitable slip conk nectionwhereby the lever 35 may be operated 17o-establish vthe clutch connect-ionbetween the shaft and the wheels without opera-ting the' 3.0' latch 292. rhis ifs done when the scoop 5 is lowered to its loading position and the drawhead25 is held engaged by the latch arm 29 near thevv clevis plate 27. When the scoop member 5 is to be raised toits dumping posi- I35 tion-from the carrying position, thclatch arm may be operated to release the draw-head 25.-

Thus the lever 35 `may be operated bythe sli-p connection lbetween; the latch`29 and the lever,- whereby the'lever 35 may be opera-tedtolower the seoopto its loading position or the lever andthe -latchmay bot-h be operated at thev Sametime toraise thel scoop 5 vto its dumping position. xlf it is desired to retain the scoop in its semi-inverted' position, the latch-29 may beoperated independently of-th'e lever 3 5-andwhen the scoop Vhas swungto its du-inpingor semi-inverted position, the latch 29 will enL gage the draw-head 25 when it reaches the crossbar or beanrot1 the trame 3 and thescoop will be held in its dumping position. Ifit isy desired todrop the scoop tromgthis position tothe.; loading gathering position,l the latch 29 is lfirst operated -to release the draw-head 25 and thenthe lever 35 is operated by using the slipcon'nection between the lleverand the latch. y e

In the Jform of construction shown,- the lever is `manipulated from .the `tractor by means of a rope t8 which maybe secured in Y6.0- the upper end .of the lever. vThen it is desired to' lower the scoop 5, the rope 4S will operate the levers 35, 36, and 38, toestablish theclutch connection between theshaft 1 and thev wheels ,2. As the desiredl load is gath-k ered, lthe clutch is disengaged' by release of nects the latch 29 to the leverl 35, passing! through` a hole 51 in the upper end of the lever. I rlhe rope 50f1nay be provided with a knot 52, or Aother means, for limiting the movement of the rope through the openingv 5,1. The knot 52 is soj located with respect to the upper end oi the lever 35, that on pulling the rope 50', the rope will slipi through the opening` 51 and litt thel latch 29 before the lever 35 is operated to rotate the.l scoop. When the latch 29 is retained in its raised po-i sition; the scoop will return' to its carrying position upon release of the clutch by its own weight. f

It it is desired to hold the scoop inits semiinverted position' after dumping, the' lever 3,5 is held in operating position by the ropef 48'and the rope 50 is allowed to pass through: the opening 51, the slackness in the rope 50 permitting the latcharm 29 to dropto engagingposition with the draw-head 25 (Fig. 5,); When the scoop is to be returned to its load carrying position, it may be done by drawingl on the rope 50 which will slip through the opening 51 in the upper end of the lever 35 and raise the latch 29, lwhich will permit the scoop toy drop to its carryingV position and thedraw-head 25 to slide along the-rods26 untilit reaches the clevis plate 27. The ropes 48 and 50 may be connected to rope extensionsI and thus a plurality of scoops may be connected together and operated at the same time by the `operator of the tractor that maybe used for drawing` the scoops.

The scoop 5 may be maintained in the dumping position without the employment of the latch bar 29 if the rods 23 are so adjusted as lto .length that the scoopy will rotate in a counter-clockwisedirection as viewed in Fig. 4. so that the center kof gravity thereof is to the left of a line vertically through the axes of the supporting wheels andl when the scoop and its associated parts are in this position the scoop will ride .along without beingh-eld by any latch or similar engaging means; If the scoop is held in the elevate Iposition in this manner va. lowering thereof may beao-l comp'l'ished by engaging the clutch which will tend to cause a. further counter-clockwise movement of the scoop and accordingly an extension of the springs 17 and after the clutches have beenvengaged for a short while asudden release thereof willlcause the springs to snap' back thescoop so that the `position of the cen-ter of gravity .of the scoop and its associated parts is to the right of the vertical plane passingthrough the axes of the supe' porting wheels and when the scoop is soV snapped backa slight engagement of Ythe lower the scoop into the carrying or scooping position.

In order to accommodate a full capacity load in the scoop and to prevent dropping of portions of the material before it is dumped, an apron is located near the forward edge Y of the scoop 5. The apron 55 extends between the sides of the scoop and is arcuate in form l to cause a packing action on the material in the forward end of the scoop. As the scoop is lowered or raised to its dumping position, the apron is moved upward and forward, with respect to the movements of the scoop, by the movement of its supporting members. The apron is pivotally connected near its bottom to a pair of pivotally mounted link members 56 and its top is supported by chains and by a pair of arms 58. The guide arms 57 are loose on the shaft 87 and the arms 58, which are keyed to the shaft, lift the apron 55 as the shaft 37 is rotated by the connection between the shaft 1 and the wheels 2. If desired, the arms 58 may also be loosely mounted upon the shaft 37, and if this arrangement is adopted, such apron will at all times remain suspended in such a manner that when the scoop is gathering material, its lower edge will be free to swing inwardly and in such a manner that pressure from its rear edge will be effectively resisted. In other words, if such apron is disposed in this latter manner, it will normally and at all times have about the same position as it is shown as having in Fig. l, and when the scoop is in its collecting position, the lower edge of such apron will partially close the open end of the scoop, while yet being free to swing inwardly with the contacting portions of the entering material but not outwardly with any material which tends to leave the scoop either while the collecting is in progress or after the scoop has been raised to its conveying' position. Thus the invention provides an exceedingly efficient means for removing earth from one point and dumping it at another. Also, it provides a means whereby a plurality of vehicle scoops embodying my invention may be connected in tandem and controlled by the operator of the tractor.

lVhen the above described scoop is being moved from its conveying position to the collecting position, the pivotal connections between the links 23 and the bowl 5 will describe an arc from their extreme rearward locations to their extreme forward locations, and this arc will continuously tend in a forward direction; on the other hand, the pivotal connections between the short arms of the bell crank levers 16 and the bowl 5 will describe an arc which iirst tends forwardly and which then reverses and tends rearwardly. Such forward motion of these latter connections when considered with relation to a fixed and vertical plane is greater than the similar motion of the connection of the links 23 which occurs at the same time, and therefore the bottom of the scoop will be inclined forwardly when these points of the greatest forward movement of the pivotal connections of the levers 16 have been otal connections will then tend rearwardlyI but the connections of the links 23 will continue to move forwardly. The opposed nature of these latter movements will neutralize the effects of the opposed movements which occurred during the first part of the bowl motion above described, and as a consequence, the scoop bottom will again be positioned horizontally. `When the scoop is returned from its collecting position to its conveying position, these movements will occur in a reversed manner, and the bottom of such scoop will first be inclined upwardly from its forward edge and then it will gradually assume a` horizontal position as the limit of its upward travel is approached.

The portions of the scoop member 5 which extend between its side and rear walls and its bottom are rounded for facilitating the collecting and dumping operations, and a further feature of the machine which I have provided is the upward and rearward inclination of the rods 26, such inclination of these rods being preferable because of its avoidance of the likelihood of their being bent if the forward portion of the machine should run upon a stone or other obstruction too large to pass beneath in the usual manner.

It will be apparent from an examination of Fig. 3 of the drawings that the leverage of the upper ends of the bell cranks 16 shifts from a maximum when such ends are in their extreme upper position to a minimum 'when such ends are in their extreme lower positions and that this changing leverage will bel effective to equalize the tractive effort required of the wheels even though the retractive force of the springs 17 when such levers are in their lower positions is far greater than when such levers are in their upper positions.

This application is a refile of abandoned application Serial No. 341,749, filed Feb. 21, 1929.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead of the one explained, change being made as regards the mechanism herein disclosed, provided the means stated by any of the following claims or the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my invention 1. In a wheeled vehicular scoop, a frame, a rotatable member, a clutch member for connecting the rotatable member to one of the wheels of the vehicle, a scoop member connected to the rotatable member and operated by the rotatable member to lower the scoop passed, such piv- 7 member and to clump the .scoop member,a link for determining the position of the scoop member relative to the frame as it is operated on by the rotatable member, means Jfor connecting the link to the frame to selectively determine tlie operation of the scoop membei` as to lowering the scoop and as to dumping tlie scoop member by the rotation of the rotata le member, and a pull cord for actuating the clutch members to connect the rotatable member to one of the Wheels and for operating the said connecting means of the link.

2. In a wheeled vehicular scoop, a frame, an axle yoke member rotatably supported in the frame, a Clutch member for connecting the yoke to one of the Wheels of the vehicle, a scoop member connected to the yoke and operated by the yoke to lovver the scoop member and to dump the scoop member, ay link for determining the position of the scoop member relative to the frame as it is operated on by the yoke, means for connecting tlie link to the frame to selectively determine the operation of the scoop member as to lowering the scoop and as to dumping the scoop by tlie rotation of the yoke, a member for actuating tlie Clutch member and a slip connector member between the said clutch aetuating member and the said connecting means Jfor operating` the said connecting means and the clutch actuating member in succession.

Signed by me this 30th day of August, 1930.

JULIUS E. PATTERSON. 

